Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia.
Church Slavonic, one of the world's historic sacred languages, has experienced a revival in post-Soviet Russia. Blending religious studies and sociolinguistics, this book looks at the Church Slavonic in the contemporary period. It uses Slavonic in order to analyse a number of wider topics, incl...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Church Slavonic, one of the world's historic sacred languages, has experienced a revival in post-Soviet Russia. Blending religious studies and sociolinguistics, this book looks at the Church Slavonic in the contemporary period. It uses Slavonic in order to analyse a number of wider topics, including the renewal and factionalism of the Orthodox Church; the transformation of the Russian language; and the debates about protecting the nation from Western cults and culture. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780203818435 0203818431 |